Family support encouraged as deprivation of liberty cases involving children soar
There have been 237 applications to the national deprivation of liberty (DoLs) court in the first two months of its operation seeking authorisation to deprive children of their liberty – 101 applications in July and 136 in August.
The President of the Family Division launched the DoLs court based at the Royal Courts of [...]
How to become an Independent Family Support Worker
Family support is an integral part of what we do at WillisPalmer as it enables families to stay together where it is safe to do so. Not only is this better for the children and families who get support in their parenting skills and communication and enables them to deal more effectively with short-term and [...]
Sixty Second Interview with Andrea Goddard
Independent Social Worker Andrea Goddard has more than 20 years’ experience working with vulnerable children and families including 12 years frontline child protection work.
What three words best describe you?
Thoughtful, disciplined, snowflake.
If you were stuck on a desert island, and could take one person and one object, who and what would they be?
My Kevin, with [...]
UN Rights of the Child contravened in Child Q case, warns psychologists
The actions towards Child Q, a Black female child of secondary school age who was strip searched by female police officers from the Metropolitan Police Service, directly contravened the UN Declaration on the Rights of the Child sections 3.1 and 3.2, psychologists have warned.
Child Q’s intimate body parts were exposed when she was strip searched [...]
Half of secondary school teachers ill equipped to teach sex education
Almost a half of secondary school teachers do not feel confident teaching sex and relationships education, according to a joint survey by the NSPCC and education union NASUWT.
The majority of teachers (86%) feel they need more resources and training in this subject area and 57% think the level of support from the government has [...]
Report reveals rise in levels of unhappiness in schools
Young people are on average less happy with their life as a whole, with school, friends and how they look than 10 years ago, according to The Good Childhood Report published by The Children’s Society.
More children (aged 10 to 17) are unhappy with school than with the other aspects of life they are asked [...]
